Please check individual museum websites to verify the dates of the exhibition, as changes are possible due to Covid-19.
'The World of Banksy' at l’Espace Lafayette-Drouot
Until 31 December 2021
An enchanting and immersive journey with this master of street art, who became a world-renowned artist while keeping his identity a total secret. Over 1,200 square metres and around 100 works, we get to know this graffiti king who imposed his style on the streets of the world and left his mark on the doors of the Bataclan after the 2015 attacks. The exhibition includes a reproduction of the famous Santa's Ghetto, created in Bethlehem in 2005.
'Picasso-Rodin: the double exhibition' at the Musée National Picasso and Musée Rodin
19 May 2021 to 2 January 2022
'Two artists, two museums, one exhibition event' is the concept behind this summit meeting between Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), two sacred figures of modern art who upset the artistic practices of their time. The intersection of their creative process highlights the striking and unexpected convergences in their works and experiments: one Expressionist, the other Cubist. A fascinating cross-reading, shown simultaneously at the Musée National Picasso-Paris in the Marais, and in the magnificent gardens and exhibition rooms of the Musée Rodin.
Picasso-Rodin at the Musée Picasso Paris (External link)
Picasso-Rodin at the Musée Rodin (External link)
'Dali: the Endless Enigma' at the Atelier des Lumières
19 May 2021 to 2 January 2022
A place to match him. Illuminated by his famous, unique works, Salvador Dali couldn't have dreamed of a more beautiful exhibition space than the Atelier des Lumières. The display offers an insight into the endless enigma of the Catalan master, who travelled through and invented several artistic styles. Projected and brought to life on the floor and 10-metre-high walls, paintings, drawings and photos reveal details of the brushstrokes, lines and play of materials of the moustached artist. His obsessions with the strange and the supernatural also appear, as does his fascination with his wife Gala. Pink Floyd provides the background music for this timeless journey that promises to awaken the unconscious.
'The Olmecs and the Civilisations of the Gulf of Mexico' at the Musée du Quai Branly
19 May to 3 October 2021
The Quai Branly Museum is taking visitors on a journey through space and time with its exhibition dedicated to Olmec culture. Discover one of the greatest Mesoamerican civilisations (1600 BC to 100 AD), whose name comes from the word Olmán, meaning 'land of rubber'. Over 200 pieces retrace three millennia of traditions, rites and exchanges specific to this little-known world.
'The Olmecs and the Civilisations of the Gulf of Mexico' at the Musée du Quai Branly (External link)
'Napoléon' at the Grande Halle de la Villette
28 May to 19 December 2021
To mark the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, this exhibition co-produced with the Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Grand Palais retraces the life of the first French emperor. Over 150 original items have been brought together for the first time to tell the fascinating story of a man who was as much admired as he was controversial, and to paint a portrait of an era that founded modern-day France. Between the throne room and the country tent, Parisian salons and battlefields, spectacular reconstructions portray the imperial life of Napoleon until his death on the island of Saint-Helena on 5 May 1821.
'Henri Cartier-Bresson: Revoir Paris' at the Musée Carnavalet
15 June to 31 October 2021
The oldest museum of the City of Paris, and one of the most important French museums with a collection of nearly 625,000 works, has reopened its doors after a four-year renovation. Conceived as a journey through the past and present of Paris, the new exhibition space of 3,900 square metres reveals its greatest historical treasures from prehistory to the present day, with over 3,800 works, some of which are the height of a child. With this first exhibition, the Musée Carnavalet highlights the importance of Paris in the life and work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the greatest French photographers of the 20th century. In association with the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, visitors can enjoy original prints, publications and audiovisual recordings by the artist.
'Botticelli' at the Musée Jacquemart-André
10 September 2021 to 24 January 2022
Following Signac's colourful harmonies, on display until 19 July, the Jacquemart-André museum will end the year in style by celebrating Sandro Botticelli. Some 40 works by the Renaissance master and some of his Florentine contemporaries will be presented, highlighting the importance of studio practice in Botticelli's production, as creator, entrepreneur and teacher.
'Photographic Masterpieces from MoMA: The Thomas Walther Collection' at Jeu de Paume
14 September 2021 to 13 February 2022
For the first time, the Museum of Modern Art in New York is presenting some 230 images, including some iconic ones from the first half of the 20th century, from the collection of Swiss artist Thomas Walther. Berenice Abbott, Karl Blossfeldt, Claude Cahun, Edward Weston and El Lissitzky are among the 100 photographers on display, all of whom contributed to the invention of modernity in photography. Mixing genres and approaches (architecture and urban views, portraits and nudes, photomontages and experiments), they are a radical and delightful visual collection.
'Vivian Maier' at the Musée du Luxembourg
15 September 2021 to 16 January 2022
Vivian Maier, who died in 2009, was one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century and had an unusual career. She meticulously observed American society and photographed the streets of New York and Chicago from the 1950s onwards. Overexposed modernity and the other side of the coin are the essence of Vivian Maier's work. The exhibition provides access for the first time to the photographer's unpublished archives, discovered in 2007.
'The Morozov Collection' at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
22 September 2021 to 22 February 2022
This major art event at the Louis Vuitton Foundation is the first time the Morozov Collection will be presented outside Russia. Don't miss this opportunity to admire works by famous French and Russian modern artists brought together by the Morozov brothers. Matisse, Bonnard, Picasso, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Denis, Cézanne... alongside Vroubel, Chagall, Malevitch, Repine, Larionov and Serov!
'Cinema At Last!' at the Musée d’Orsay
28 September 2021 to 16 January 2022
The Musée d'Orsay invites visitors to step back in time and explore the French film production of 1895-1907 in dialogue with the history of the arts, from the invention of photography in the early years of the 20th century. 400 works, objects and films by Pierre Bonnard, Léon Gaumont, Auguste and Louis Lumière, Georges Méliès, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Charles Pathé and Henri Rivière set the scene for an exhibition that celebrates the Seventh Art.
'Paris-Athens: The Birth of Modern Greece (1675-1919)' at the Musée du Louvre
30 September 2021 to 7 February 2022
Organised on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution of 1821, this exhibition will highlight the links between Greece and European culture, notably through archaeological institutes such as the Ecole Française d'Athènes created in 1846. Explore a colourful Greece, marked by its Byzantine and Orthodox identity, far removed from the constraints of neoclassicism.
'Aux Frontières de l’Humain' at the Musée de l’Homme
October 2021 to May 2022
Are there not certain limits beyond which humanity risks endangering and losing itself? This is a very pertinent question that 'At the Frontiers of Man' will attempt to answer, or at least to provide some elements of understanding. The impossibility of reducing man to a single definition will be the main theme, as well as his capacity to pursue a quest for reinvention and surpassing himself. By taking anthropological and ethical points of view, there is a projection into the future with the experience and testimonies of the past.
'Sensory Odyssey' at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
14 October 2021 to 31 May 2022
Visit the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution in October for a multi-sensory journey. The National Museum of Natural History will be offering an immersive exploration of science. Visitors will jump into a screen and become the protagonists of an expedition that awakens all the senses. This pioneering hybrid entertainment format, between a cinema and a giant immersive installation, will showcase the breathtaking beauty and richness of all forms of biodiversity, visible and invisible, with a touch of realism and magic.
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